horrific vs dreaded

horrific and dreaded both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
horrific	No	Yes	No	No
dreaded	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, horrific and dreaded are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of horrific include awful, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible.

horrific (adjective)	dreaded (adjective)
causing fear or dread or terror	causing fear or dread or terror
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror